Holistic Approach During Lower Hazard

Toured in the Middle Fork corridor to evaluate snow conditions on steeper slopes in lue of the downward trend in overall avalanche hazard.

• Found generally stable snow conditions in nonwind-effected terrain (didn't evaluate terrain above approx. 6200')
• No obvious signs of storm snow instability such as cracking or audible collapses
• Small test slopes produced minor sluffing that was slow moving and non-propagating
• Stability test produced non-propagating test results
• Evidence of avalanche activity from last weekend was primarily confined to mid-storm layers (density change noted in snowpit) with en-echelon surface cracking
• Storm snow appeared to be transitioning into a more consolidated slab but still characterized as a soft slab
• Small grain facets were noted above 2/8 rain crust